The dog proof coon traps baited with mini marshmallows work good. Fortunately in Wyoming, raccoons are listed as a varmint and can be hunted or trapped all year round with no license required.
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Today the neighbors across the street came over to see if I was alright. They said they had heard an explosion coming from the other side of the house. I did a quick look around and did not see anything but I had heard a loud sound at the same time. The sound I heard was not nearly as loud as the neighbors description but I was in the house and they were out in the open.
Later when I went to check for eggs, I found the source of their "explosion".
A Big Moose pumpkin that was around 40 to 50 lbs. fell off of the top rail of the north side of the pen and dropped approximately 12' to the ground where it "exploded". They said they had seen birds flying everywhere after the noise.
Later when I went to check for eggs, I found the source of their "explosion".
A Big Moose pumpkin that was around 40 to 50 lbs. fell off of the top rail of the north side of the pen and dropped approximately 12' to the ground where it "exploded". They said they had seen birds flying everywhere after the noise.
The littles thought they should be up where the big birds get to roost.
Today the neighbors across the street came over to see if I was alright. They said they had heard an explosion coming from the other side of the house. I did a quick look around and did not see anything but I had heard a loud sound at the same time. The sound I heard was not nearly as loud as the neighbors description but I was in the house and they were out in the open.
Later when I went to check for eggs, I found the source of their "explosion".
A Big Moose pumpkin that was around 40 to 50 lbs. fell off of the top rail of the north side of the pen and dropped approximately 12' to the ground where it "exploded". They said they had seen birds flying everywhere after the noise.
Whoa, glad you weren't standing underneath it at the time Bob!
Do you have more pumpkins still on the vine? Are they good for cooking/baking with? I haven't heard of that type before.
I am glad that none of the poultry were under it at the time.
There are more, one of them is even ripe. It is said they can get up to 200 lbs. The biggest one I had last year was 85 lbs. I just gave them away so have no idea how good they would be cooked. One of the best pumpkin pies I made was from a field (Halloween) pumpkin.
I do have some pie pumpkins and some mid range sized pumpkins. A few of them are ripe. The chickens greatly prefer the pie pumpkins.
I got confused yesterday when I answered a post by NCF and was wondering why you would be asking such a question before I finally realized that it wasn't you.
Saturday night I was missing one of the young hens when I shut them all in. I looked all over for her but never saw her anywhere but did find where something had gotten one of my fake guinea eggs. Around 3 AM I heard an owl hooting and actually thought about going out to encourage it to move on but I was too tired.
Sunday morning I spotted the missing hen just outside of the coop so I knew she made it through the night. Sunday night she was missing again. This time I spotted a couple of blue eggs under a juniper tree. I used my stick to move them to where I could reach them without getting scratched up too badly. I thought I had seen another egg on the other side of the tree but couldn't find anything when I got over there. I got down on the ground to move grass and branches around for a better look and that is when I spotted something red.
I had to get my hand within inches of her before she took off from her nest which held an additional 26 eggs besides the two I had already found.
She hollered the whole way back to the coop and it still took another 10 minutes to get her to go in. She is a Rose Comb Legbar and this is the first Legbar that I have ever had go broody. At least she was safe in the coop for the night.
The first night I looked for her, I did come within 3' of her nest without spotting her.
I went back to look for the nest this morning and couldn't find it until she spooked off of it.
Sunday morning I spotted the missing hen just outside of the coop so I knew she made it through the night. Sunday night she was missing again. This time I spotted a couple of blue eggs under a juniper tree. I used my stick to move them to where I could reach them without getting scratched up too badly. I thought I had seen another egg on the other side of the tree but couldn't find anything when I got over there. I got down on the ground to move grass and branches around for a better look and that is when I spotted something red.
I had to get my hand within inches of her before she took off from her nest which held an additional 26 eggs besides the two I had already found.
She hollered the whole way back to the coop and it still took another 10 minutes to get her to go in. She is a Rose Comb Legbar and this is the first Legbar that I have ever had go broody. At least she was safe in the coop for the night.
The first night I looked for her, I did come within 3' of her nest without spotting her.
I went back to look for the nest this morning and couldn't find it until she spooked off of it.
Glad your girl was ok, just being a silly broody!
TWINMOM9201
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Hello from Cheyenne, I haven't seen anyone from Cheyenne on here. I am new to keeping chickens and also have ducks. I have 6 barred rocks and what appears to be an andalusian and some meat birds. They are all about 6 weeks old right now. I have dog problems with my ducks. We have a toy poodle that loves to hunt and members of my family have been forgetting to close her gate or accidentally letting her out. So right now I have 2 adult ducks, one teen duck (3 siblings were killed by dog) and 4 baby ducks (4 baby ducks were killed last night by dog). The teen duck is the one my 8-yr-old daughter latched on to and named so hopefully she will survive this latest attack. She survived the first one. She really is a fighter. So I am hoping that by the time this is all done I will have some laying duck hens and my barred rocks will be good layers.
As I was reading, I see that there are a lot of you that hatch, would you recommend this? I am kind of leary about the chicken math (if it gets to big hubby may get upset, he was not too fond of me having chickens in the first place!)
As I was reading, I see that there are a lot of you that hatch, would you recommend this? I am kind of leary about the chicken math (if it gets to big hubby may get upset, he was not too fond of me having chickens in the first place!)
Hi @TWINMOM9201 it's nice to see you here 
Sorry about the problems with the poodle. Is it possible to keep the birds in a secure run so the dog can't get to them?
I've never hatched so can't speak to that but @R2elk has and he should pop in sometime soon.
Sorry about the problems with the poodle. Is it possible to keep the birds in a secure run so the dog can't get to them?
I've never hatched so can't speak to that but @R2elk has and he should pop in sometime soon.
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